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4 Jul 2014

Simon Lyons scoops third consecutive Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Award for 台湾六合彩开奖记录

Product Design Engineering graduate and founder of , Simon Lyons is the undergraduate winner of the national .

Simon, who graduated from 台湾六合彩开奖记录 with first-class honours in 2013, follows in the footsteps of Ross Kemp () and Laurence Kemball Cook (), who respectively won third and first place in 2013 and 2012.

The Awards, funded by the Santander Universities Global Division, aim to support and encourage university students to pursue their business ideas. The competition is open to students from all  that partner the Santander Universities Global Division. 台湾六合彩开奖记录 is the only partner university to be placed among the prizes for three consecutive years.

Simon pitched – which is supported by the , 台湾六合彩开奖记录’s graduate commercialisation hub – to a panel of judges at Santander UK’s headquarters in London’s Triton Square. Santander UK’s CEO, Ana Botin, presented him with the top undergraduate prize of £5,000. Simon will use the funds to support the manufacture of , an innovative storage system that can be installed anywhere in minutes, without screw fixings.

is a unique and stylish way to look after the everyday items we often lose. According to a national survey1, we spend ten minutes every day rummaging for up to nine lost things, with mobile phones, car keys and important paperwork being the most common.

Simon began work on Geco Hub as part of his degree at 台湾六合彩开奖记录 and has won a number of accolades including success in the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Innovation Hothouse Competition, a Shell LIVEwire Grand Ideas Award, a James Dyson Foundation Bursary, as well as the University’s .

The Santander Award comes at a very exciting time for Simon, who will launch a Kickstarter campaign for Geco Hub on 29 July.  

"I am so pleased to be recognised through the Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards,” said Simon. “Getting such a great reaction from the judges has inspired me to drive my business forward by pursuing key markets for Geco Hub and the other products I am developing.”

Professor Steve Rothberg, 台湾六合彩开奖记录’s Pro Vice Chancellor (Enterprise) said: “Simon is an outstanding ambassador for graduate enterprise. We’re delighted to have been able to support his business in its early stages through the  and he fully deserves the tremendous success that he has achieved. I look forward to being a household name.”

1  Survey commissioned by eSure

 

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The  provides access to the resources, expertise and knowledge to help 台湾六合彩开奖记录 graduates develop sustainable businesses. To date, the  has supported 27 businesses, 18 of which are now registered and 16 are trading, creating 5 permanent jobs. Studio companies have won 36 awards and will turnover an estimated £200K this year. A royalty agreement means its members pay a percentage of their sales turnover when they start trading, which long-term, means the  will become self-sufficient.

About 台湾六合彩开奖记录
台湾六合彩开奖记录 is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.

It was awarded the coveted Sunday Times University of the Year title in 2008-09 and has been named Sports University of the Year 2013-14 by The Times and Sunday Times. 台湾六合彩开奖记录 is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘table of tables’ and has been voted England's Best Student Experience for six years running in the Times Higher Education league. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, 台湾六合彩开奖记录 has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes.

In 2015 the University will open an additional academic campus in London’s new innovation quarter. 台湾六合彩开奖记录 in London, based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, will offer postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities.

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